#pointing devices for laptops

[ecle-c-tic]

Middle Earth Asks

🥔 po-tay-toes: one of the hobbits invited you for a meal; who are dining with? Which of the seven meals are you enjoying?

🍞 lembas bread: what's the best road trip snack?

🌾farmer maggot's field: what is your favourite plant? Do you enjoying gardening?

🌼 simbelmynë: You've got the opportunity to bring one character back to life, who is it?

🍃 leaves of lórien: what gift would you most like to receive?

📽 action!: rank all six of the films (or three if you're a hater)

🚲 bicycle basket: what is your favourite middle earth meme?

🌟starlight: you're allowed to live in one of the Elf Kingdoms of Middle Earth, which one are you picking?

💀 Hey, did you know-: What is your favourite piece of behind the scenes trivia?

🌙 moon runes: which of Tolkien's languages would you most like to speak?

🧂 best salt in all the shire: which small joys do you most look forward to? (particular tea, using a perfume, rereading a book, etc.)

✂ cutting room floor: of all of the things that didn't quite make it into the movies, what would you have most liked to see?

☕ may I tempt you with a cup of chamomile?: What is your favourite hot beverage?

🐎 bill the pony: who is the best mount in all of middle earth?

🌳 fangorn forest: Which of Tolkien's creechurs is your favourite?

🔮 palantír: you've found a palantir! Who are you hitting up in middle earth? What are you telling them?

⏳ time and age: which poorly aged scene from LOTR is your favourite?

✨ evenstar: Who is your favourite middle earth couple?

🎆 fireworks: you're invited to Bilbo's 111th, what present do you think you'd receive?

🕷 creepy crawlies: which of tolkien's creatures do you think is the most frightening?

💍 my precious: what role do you think you'd play in the fate of the ring?

📜the company of Throin II Oakenshield: who is your favourite dwarf from the company?

🕶 i care not: what common complaint about the movies or novels doesn't bother you?

📢 motivational speech: which film speech do you find most invigorating?

🔥 barbecue: who is the worst antagonist?

🍿 popcorn: list your top 5 supporting characters

🎇 firefly: which (known) deleted scene would you most like to see?

⛏ expedition to Moria: which side character's adventures would you watch a spin-off movie about?

🎞 extra film: is there an extended scene that should have absolutely made it into the theatrical cut? which one and why?

🎵 can you sing, master hobbit?: Which song (from books or movies) is your favourite?

🖋 quill and ink: which of tolkien's themes resonates most strongly with you?

🗝 lost heirloom: which heirloom/object in the films or novels would you like to learn more about?

💿 leitmotifs and orchestras: which of the films songs (Howard Shore or singer) is your favourite?

🍲eowyn's home cooking: which other way could the ring be destroyed? (funny answers only)

🧙‍♂️precisely when he means to: what is your favourite gandalf moment?

⚔ you have my sword: what is your favourite aragorn moment?

🏹 and my bow: what is your favourite legolas moment?

🪓and my axe: what is your favourite gimli moment?

🍄 MUSHROOMS!: what is your favourite moment from the hobbits?

💎 the arkenstone: favourite Thorin and/or company moment?

🧵 spool: list your top five favourite costumes from any of the films.

📕 the red book of westmarch : what is your favourite quote(s)?

💛 family: what is your favourite family moment throughout the novels/films?

👀 the eye of sauron: who are you looking at disrespectfully?

🗺 arda: if you could travel anywhere in middle earth, where would you go?

👑the silver crown: the war is won, the world is saved, the king has been crowned. Who are you partying with at the coronation?

✏ rewrites: here's a pencil, which ONE thing in the novels/films are you changing?

🐺 GROND GROND GROND: which of the battles is your favourite to watch? is there a combat scene in particular that you enjoy?

⚠ fucking buckleberry ferry: from the clip of Dom and Billy discussing the one swear word they could theoretically get by censors, which line would you change?

📚 boxset: how were you first introduced to Middle Earth?

🏔 the misty mountains: the pass is treacherous, which two characters are you taking with you to make it over the mountains?

🌄 the rolling hills of the shire: what is your favourite outdoor activity?

🌋 mount doom: what middle earth take are you throwing into the fire?

⚙ technology: everything is exactly the same but you can give one character a modern invention. Who is it and what are you giving them?

⛵valinor: we're approaching the end of this game, is there a take/opinion you absolutely want to share?

🦅 the eagles: What thing or thought saves the day when it's not going so well?

🦗 weta: you're allowed to take one prop (or the canon useful version) home with you from the set, what are you taking?

☀ when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer: either share a piece of good news or something you're looking forward to.

📖 final chapter: what unanswered questions do you have middle earth?

#lotr #middle earth #the hobbit #tolkien #lord of the rings #ask games #asks #lotr asks #full disclosure i've read the hobbit 5 times and the trilogy once #I haven't started the salmon riot yet #never seen RoP #and i've seen all of the movies (lotr and hobbit) about 1000000 times now :) #chaos mix of MidEarth questions and personal qs #i didn't spell check whoops (its too hot for editing) #i also did the emojis on my laptop so if they don't match well just ignore that #rao's games #rao's asks #this was a fever dream (i wrote the word strongelist a one point) #the worst part about making stuff is walking away from your device afterwards bc I want to constantly refresh my notes 😭

[non-un-topo]

I love you wired headphones I love you non-touch screens I love you thick laptops I love you devices with buttons I love you phones with non-glass edges I love you usb ports I love you dvd and blu-ray players I love you discs I love you cars that don’t have screens I love you menus you don’t need wifi to read I love you mp3 files

#so guess who will probably have to buy a new laptop for school and is not happy about it lol #this was going to be an 'i hate you etc' post but i want to love... ;_; still all of these statements are so snarky hfdhhgfg #i'm tired of it!!! tired!!! i might be the last person on earth who does not have data! i've never once had data on my phone! #stop asking me to scan a qr code or whatever! i literally cannot! #also i love love love you youtube to mp3. been my bestie since 2011 #hate the demand for students to have all the latest and best in technology at all times. and the demand to be available 24/7. #i need a good device so i can attend my zoom class AT school after an in-person class. amongst youngins who never use headphones. #what.... is the point babe. all of us are already at the school in-person. every uni has handled the pandemic so poorly #it's just confusion and lack of info all the time. meanwhile the students have to be fully prepared for anything and spend bank on tech #give me some $$ then school i worked my butt off for the grades pls i know you can do itttt #also ads if you target me i'm sniping you

[sysig]

I’ll be fine, I just have to get it all out of my system (Patreon)

#Doodles #Spoiler alert: It has been got out of my system by this point lol #I had a bad writing day and it was terribly demotivating :P I've gotten over it lol #It was an Offline Monday and the previous several days had been such good writing days! To the point where I was worn out lol #But not recognizing that and expecting to just be able to Keep Going - well it led to a minor crash lol #Again nothing bad just complainy and demotivating I'm fine ♪ #I am a little :/ about my devices being in the state they are that certainly doesn't help #My laptop's hinge and my iPod being so old and janky and my poor old tablet - still the main one I'm using lol #I think most of my USB drives are shot on this poor laptop so my new tablet that needs more than just the one just....doesn't work lol #It's a good backup to be sure tho! I do still kinda want a standalone proper-like... Investing in an iPad at some point is probably... #Well I'll worry about it more when it's an Actual Problem - for the moment everything is still working! Not the best but it's Doing! #Back to the writing et al lol - It was my Big Project which I think I've pretty clearly gestured at being an Adventure Time comic lol #I have not in fact rewatched the series beginning to end since finishing it - I've watched certain episodes but not just a front to back #I think a rewatch would be very entertaining! Seeing how all the pieces align from knowing the ending going in :) #But I'm good for the moment lol - I've got enough to work on to keep me going for a while yet haha #And as always I want More More More Tamagotchis #I've got my three but I want more! #Always about money huh :P Slowly but surely

[danielnelsen]

someone was recommending an app for android and i asked if there was an ios equivalent and got the whole “apple sucks, just get an android” like…….buddy where am i getting this new phone from? are YOU gonna buy it for me? i’ve had one phone in my life that wasn’t second hand and that was my first flip phone. if my current phone died right now, i just wouldn’t have a phone until someone i know got a new one and was nice enough to give me their old one. are you expecting me to just turn down their offers until someone just gives me an android?

#i don’t get annoyed about it too often but my current phone is possibly the worst phone i’ve ever had #so like. i’m not just sitting here thinking hard about what phone to get next. i will take what i can get. #same with laptops. i haven’t had one in nearly two years and if someone offered me a mac i’d take it in an instant #no matter how much i’d prefer windows #like maybe consider that your phone-shopping experiences aren’t universal. i’d you don’t know an ios equivalent just say that #personal #sorry i’ve just had so many people criticise my phone recently with the whole tone of ‘get a new one’ and it’s getting to me #i’ve started just straight-up asking if they’ll buy me one to try to get the point across #but on this topic. hey does anyone have a phone or laptop they’re willing to give away 🙃 #kinda annoyed at my sister who said the other week that she might get a new phone and could give me her old one #and a few days later i asked what kinda timeframe that would be and she got mad at me for being pushy about it #like ‘i was just considering it you can’t just expect it’ like wtf i was just asking. if it’s not gonna be soon just say it’s not soon yeesh #idk im just getting overwhelmed and annoyed at people being so presumptive and also demanding of what i should do #my phone has about 4gb of space i can actually use so i have to spend half my time swapping which apps i have installed #and i don’t have a laptop so it’s literally my only portable device of that kind #DO YOU THINK THIS IS A CHOICE THAT I HAVE MADE? #like can you think for maybe 2 seconds about why someone might have a phone that sucks #‘why dont you just—‘ MONEY. the answer is MONEY. why tf do you think i ‘dont just’ #anyway. tips are enabled and i’m pretty sure my pypl is ashtonlove

[jonny-b-meowborn]

I really miss doing art and I think at this point I've mostly recovered from being overworked with my diploma, I wish I had a desk* so I could draw without having to hold my laptop on my lap and completely busting my spine and knees and wrists

*I do have a desk that belongs to me but my brother keeps occupying it, and if I leave the room for literally more than five minutes while my laptop is on said desk, he will remove it and put his own laptop on the desk

#we literally agreed on a system where we switch who has access to the desk every week #he doesnt respect that system at all #today while he was at school i put his stuff on his bed and placed my laptop on the desk since he was supposed to give it to me days ago #i had the desk for only a few hours #because my mom asked me to go to the store with her and when i came back the little shit already took the desk for himself #like. at this point what can i even do #sometimes he does it literally while i just go to the toilet or the kitchen #and whenever i think of having to draw with my device on my lap i just. wanna throw my tablet away #my back is already in almost constant pain i dont need more of that #besides when i do that my laptop overheats faster. its old and doesnt work as well #i have this like laptop stand on the desk that keeps it from overheating #of course when my brother takes the desk he takes the stand too so i cant do anything #im just. so fucking upset #cant wait to move out #then the desk will go to my room and the fucker wont have access to it at all. i dont care #you know the most annoying thing about it is that he does have a desk at his father's place. which is literally in the same building #he can go there and have his own desk and own room. but he chooses to stay here for whatever reason #sometimes i feel like he stays here only to make me upset #bee buzz

[just-jammin]

having only 2 usb ports in your laptop and no extension ports can so weird things for your setup

#for example‚ i like using my usb keyboard #mostly bc reaching for my far-away laptop keyboard when using my drawing tablet is kinda inconvenient #sooo i just put both of those in my usb ports in exchange for my wireless mouse #on the bright side‚ it helps me get used to my laptop touchpad AND my drawing tablet more as a pointing device #plus i get to play osu more with this setup #but there's also a learning curve + the distractions as well #so it still needs some getting used to #bc i feel like this would be kinda effective on the long run #maybe if i buy a usb keyboard with extra usb ports‚ then this can actually be more effective?? #idk i'm new to these sorts of hardware shit ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #the meaningful jargon

[swagging-back-to]

im going to be endlessly depressed over this and i am not joking.

#building up my dxcitement and anticipation for an entire month jsut to shatter it in 30 minutes. #at this point im like 5 seconds away from never buying another laptop again. ever. #every single laptop i have ever purchased has been a piece of shit that started breaking down not even 24 hours after i got it. #ive boughten over 6 laptops in the past 7 years #not even just for sims 4 i was getting hyped to be able to write again. to be able to watch movies again #to just fucking use my device again. #bc my phone also sucks ass. #i hate using my phone #i genuinely hate it. #i went 2 years without a phone once because i just did not see a need for one and i had a functioning laptop. #the only reason i have one now is bc i do not have a functioning laptop #and then the secondary reason is to make business calls #that is it

[glimpsesofeuterpe]

on a less whiney side: ol slowpoke laptop is somehow still alive yet despite glitching out

#blahblah #wait this only proves the point: back in the days they knew how to build devices #esfer says as she picks gringeposting via a phone over laptop #in my defence honor 7x is also considered as kinda old #its been here despite all odds and wild winters too #and glitched barely three times in five years #just saying

[thoughtportal]

This is a developing news story and may be updated as more information is obtained. If you value such information, please support this Substack.

On Dec. 1, a woman immolated herself with a Palestinian flag outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta.

Now, according to the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, the woman — referred to in their report as “Jane Doe” — is alive and “in stable condition” at Grady Memorial Hospital, where she has been since the immolation.

After repeated requests for her name, the department stated to this reporter in an email that it “does not disclose the identities of victims”. Repeated inquiries to Grady, which is a public hospital, went unanswered. The hospital houses the Walter L. Ingram Burn Center.

“Jane Doe” is 27.

When asked if they had made any comment to tell the public that she was still alive this entire time, the official at Atlanta Fire Rescue Department said they “shared the last updated with local media via email on 12/21/23. The release stated: ‘The victim remains hospitalized in critical condition. The security guard, who attempted to assist the burn victim, has been released from the hospital.’” Several internet searches on that quote produce no results. This would also indicate that "Jane Doe" went from critical to stable condition without public notice. 

Aaron Bushnell immolated himself at the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, explaining “I will no longer be complicit in genocide” and shouting “Free Palestine!” repeatedly as he burned alive. So, his case — unlike many other self-immolations including Gregory Levey, Raymond Moules, Timothy T. Brown, Malachi Ritscher and others — has received some attention. Thus, “Jane Doe” being ignored fits with the usual pattern. Bushnell is the exception — probably because he livestreamed it. See “Ignoring Immolators Lulls the Society to Sleep.”

As Bushnell was burning himself alive, an officer pointed a gun at him, barking orders as if he constituted a threat. A security guard, Michael Harris, sustained injuries working to rescue “Jane Doe” — but there were similarities, where she was actually viewed as a potential threat.

At one point, the police report for “Jane Doe” refers to it as being a case of “arson”.

Much of the media coverage and general discussion of her self-immolation in December focused on if she had done damage. The Atlanta Police Chief said: “We believe this building remains safe, and we do not see any threat here.” The Israeli government released a statement: “It is tragic to see the hate and incitement toward Israel expressed in such a horrific way.”

Police records indicate that they obtained a search warrant and entered an apartment they believed to be associated with “Jane Doe” — initially using a drone:

The drone was able to relay information as to the layout and the belongings inside. After it was deemed "safe" entry was made with bomb technicians. While clearing the apartment no improvised explosive devices were located.

The police report also noted:

During the search a Quran was found in the bedroom along with a [sic] Arabic dictionary and a Hebrew dictionary. The bedroom bookshelf contained books related to fiction and fantasy. A "Drug use for grown ups" book was on the bookshelf as well. Two journals were seized from the bedroom. A thumbdrive was seized from the bedroom as well. A laptop computer was seized from the kitchen counter. A copy of the search warrant was left in the living room of the apartment. The front door [of] the apartment was secured before law enforcement left the premises.

When pressed for more information in compliance with an Open Records Request under Georgia law, Atlanta Fire Rescue Department claimed: “There is an ongoing and active investigation for the incident in question, which is why the only releasable information has been shared via the incident report. Investigative documentation is not available for release until the investigation is closed.”

#article #jane doe #protest #Palestine #war crimes #police violence

[autolenaphilia]

I talked about the problem of Windows system requirements being too damn high before, and how the windows 10 to 11 jump is especially bad. Like the end of Windows 10 is coming october 2025, and it will be a massive problem. And this article gives us some concrete numbers for how many computers that can't update from win10 to 11.

And it's 240 million. damn. “If these were all folded laptops, stacked one on top of another, they would make a pile 600 km taller than the moon.” the tech analysis company quoted in the article explains.

So many functioning computers that will be wasted. And it's all because people don't wanna switch to a Linux distro with sane system requirements and instead buy a new computer.

Like if you own one of these 240 million windows 10 computers, Just be an environmentally responsible non-wasteful person and switch that computer to Linux instead of just scrapping it because Microsoft says it's not good enough.

Edit: as have been pointed out multiple times in the replies. It's really not "all because people don't wanna switch to a linux distro." It's really Microsoft's fault for this form of planned obsolescence.

My original post was lacking in perspective at best. And of course, people who use computers for work are often made reliant on Windows by their job and employers and can't switch. Or lack time, resources, and information to make the switch. Which is also due to systemic issues, such as lack of education, and the culture of obfuscation about tech that tech companies create.

Edit 2: Making this unrebloggable: now I really know what reddit mods mean when they say "the discussion has run its course" Like there is absolutely no conversation anymore, just repeating of points already made and responded to, just endless repetition

To quote @mlembug

Source

If you can spend 5-10 minutes writing a reblog clowning on somebody, but you can't:

spend 10s to do a basic courtesy of checking the appropriate pronoun of the person involved

spend 30s checking the reblogs of a post to see if someone also decided to clown on the same person

spend 10s to click on OP's post to see if it was edited in the meantime (and guess what: the edits in OP's post does indeed blame Microsoft for planned obsolescence, which you decided to blame her for not doing in one of your reblogs)

THEN YOU SHOULD NOT BE MAKING A REBLOG. EVER.

#windows #microsoft #my posts

[bitterbeetle]

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#why does every store have an app #why does every restaurant have an app #why do they all have their own credit cards and points and loyalty reward programs #why do i have to have an app to access your guest wifi #why do i have to give my personal info to connect through the browser #why do you need to know my full name and email and phone number #why is everything new so inconvenient #why is nothing backwards compatible #why does my new laptop have a touchscreen menu ON THE KEYBOARD to change the volume #all rhetorical questions i know why and i'm waiting #best buy isn't selling DVDs anymore and while it's not like I buy them I feel dread #i feel three steps away from end times hoarding except it'll be making physical copies of everything i have #my photos from the last decade are backed up on three different devices and i still feel like i could lose them at any time

[luisfj9]

#DC power supplies #this is my first time on this site and this will be my first post I have constructed a DC power supply to charge my laptops by using 150W #to limit the amount of power to what's appropriate to charge the laptop #I also use 0.28 Inch Two-Wire Voltage Meter Micro LED Digital Tube Voltmeter. to allow me to know how much power is coming out of the suppl #40mmx40mmx10mm 2PIN to cool down the DC Boost Converter & the #DC Voltage Protection Module Digital Low Voltage PrLM2596S DC-DC 3A Buck Adjustable Step-down Power Supply Converter Module just otector Di #and also have to design and 3D printed the parts to make everything work properly then I tested this device out and it works perfectly wel #all it all you have to do is to adjusted down to 12v or as much as you charger can handle at this point I got mostly these parts from Ama

[relto]

ohoho not only could i isolate the issue (though idk if its possible to fix it) i also by chance figured out what was causing the other weird ass problem they were having!!

#tütensuppe #trying to put it simple theyre using a device that simulates multiple serial ports over usb #for some reason it gets recognized in win 10 no problem but not at all in win 11 #(this is important bc all computers should run the newest software for security reasons) #so i brought a private win 11 laptop. and it recognized the device!! #then on a whim i pulled the plug and reconnected it. now it no longer recognized the device! #deleting two of the driver files changed nothing. so the third file i couldnt delete HAS to be blocking it somehow #(none of these files were present on the laptop before the device was initially recognized) #this is a system file though idk if you can do anything about it #windows wont let you delete it but maybe you can boot from a linux medium and fudge around a bit? #anyway the OTHER thing is while researching i found a person reporting EXACTLY that problem #(you connect a virtual serial port device. suddenly the mouse starts acting up and clicking everything. this is unsalvagable) #turns out sometimes the virtual serial port device randomly gets detected as a mouse and that causes this #if you got to this point. thank you for reading this essay

[trinrose3]

I Really REALLY dont want to have to buy a new laptop but honestly it’s looking like I might have to anyways o(-(

#this laptop is shit anyways so I probably had to get a new one at some point i just... #dont know shit about laptops and computers and i dont talk to the one person who i know does anymore so like idk what the fuck im doing and #i dont want to end up with another device thats just as shitty

[bigendershadowthehedghog]

I'm not really a hater kind of guy I am generally more of an ignorer I ignore things I don't like most of the time. but I hate updating things sooooo much. stop that shit right now

#i wouldnt mind but things never update when i choose #its either in the middle of me doing something or 5 in the fucking morning #i think whoever decided you cant turn off auto updates completely on windows without fucking around in the registery should explode #also i had it turned off in shutupwin10 and it keeps on reverting back so either its just a bug #or someone needs to explode #also when the update almost takes up more space than i even have on my device #and its not even because i have alot of things downloaded. the update just takes up that much space. #and when games update and you could fit a whole other game in the file size of said update when it does NOT need to be that big #do you get my point #the only thing stopping me from downloading linux is the fact i would peobably get overwhelmed #plus alot of the programs i have dont have linux versions #also the fact the linux community is so rancid i might as well just shoot my laptop instead of asking for tech support #also because one time i like did something that literally fixed my siblings broken computer and my mom freaked out #so i dont want to know how shed react to me installing a whole other operating system onto mine #anyways im getting of my point j fucking hate it when im asleep and all of a sudden my laptop turns on fans ablazing #even though i set my Dont Update time to WHEN IM NORMALLY SLEEPING #MY LAPTOP IS LOUD AS HELL THIS ISNT EVEN AN ISSUE WITH ME BEING WOKEN UP EASILY

[strawbnetwork]

stories set in the modern day but without the existence of phones because if even One of the characters had a mobile device the plot would fall the fuck apart in five minutes Flat piss me off in an unserious way

#direct ctrl c + v #SOOOO unserious but also get a grip ? #why is victor buying a typewriter in the mid 2010s to wrote anentire novel on pal just buy a second hand laptop ? #viktor is it really spelt with a k thats crazy #a laptop isnt a mobile device. we move! #my point still stands